Nobuharu Matsushita claimed his first GP2 Series race win after a commanding display in Hungary, whilst Stoffel Vandoorne made it an ART 1-2.

At the start, second placed Raffaele Marciello was bogged down allowing Vandoorne and Sergey Sirotkin to cruise past.

With cars slipping, sliding and running wide, tyre management was key. Indeed, battling tyre degradation in Budapest’s humid conditions proved very difficult, for some.

The Racing Engineering duo looked to be on for a strong finish, but for Alexander Rossi, a pit stop for fresh tyres was unavoidable.

After running in seventh place, Jordan King was under pressure from those behind and was swiftly passed by Arthur Pic and Nathanael Berthon amongst others, dropping the Briton to twelfth.

Matsushita led the race from start to finish managing the gap to his team-mate with ease.

Despite tyre struggles, Vandoorne kept Sirotkin at bay to secure an ART 1- 2. Today’s result is podium number nine for the series leader and the perfect tribute to former driver who won the 2009 F3 Euroseries with the team and twice finished third overall in this championship.

Marciello held on to fourth place ahead of Campos pilot, Rio Haryanto in fifth. Norman Nato crossed the line in sixth - his best position to date - whilst Robert Visoiu was seventh.

The DAMS duo were next to finish as Pierre Gasly led Alex Lynn to the chequered flag; just in front of Pic, who secured the final point.

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Standings after Hungary (Round 6)

Pos	Name	Nat	Team	Points
1	Vandoorne	BEL	ART Grand Prix	194
2	Haryanto	INA	Campos Racing	109
3	Rossi	USA	Racing Engineering	105
4	Sirotkin	RUS	Rapax	103
5	Lynn	GBR	DAMS	85
6	Gasly	FRA	DAMS	61
7	Marciello	ITA	Trident	58
8	Matsushita	JPN	ART Grand Prix	48
9	Evans	NZL	Russian Time	35
10	King	GBR	Racing Engineering	26
11	Leal	COL	Carlin	26
12	Canamasas	ESP	Hilmer Motorsport	23
13	Stanaway	NZL	Status Grand Prix	22
14	Pic	FRA	Campos Racing	21
15	Yelloly	GBR	Hilmer Motorsport	19
16	Visoiu	ROU	Rapax	18
17	Berthon	FRA	Daiko Team Lazarus	16
18	Markelov	RUS	Russian Time	16
19	Nato	FRA	Arden International	10
20	Rowland	GBR	MP Motorsport	3
21	Negrao	BRA	Arden International	3
22	De Jong	NED	MP Motorsport	1

Team standings after Hungary (Round 5)

Pos	Team	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	242
2	DAMS	146
3	Racing Engineering	131
4	Campos Racing	130
5	Rapax	121
6	Trident	58
7	Russian Time	51
8	MP Motorsport	27
9	Carlin	26
10	Status Grand Prix	22
11	Hilmer motorsport	19
12	Daiko Team Lazarus	16
13	Arden International	13